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Planning application documents: what to read first
Understand planning application documents, officer reports and decision notices. Use a reading checklist, document table and worked example to inspect a case.
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Explore collected planning applications and decisions for Hastings Borough Council. Search an address, application reference or proposal to find a record.
7,818 approved · 1,162 refused · 655 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 24 Apr 2013 to 2 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 13 Oct 2026. Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
Explore published planning boundaries and follow their source records for designation details. Coverage varies: an empty map does not mean there are no restrictions. Check the council’s current maps and documents before relying on a boundary.
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Data downloaded 14 Sept 2026. Display boundaries are simplified and indicative. Map record counts are not a complete count of designations or directions.
Sources: Planning Data conservation areas and Article 4 direction areas. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
St Leonards Church Of England Primary School, 46 Collinswood Drive, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 0NX
Received 6 Feb 2019353 - 355 London Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 6PA
Received 8 Feb 2019Upper Maisonette, 22 Kings Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 6DU
Received 7 Feb 201964 Bohemia Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 6RQ
Received 11 Feb 201933 Oakfield Road, Hastings, TN35 5AX
Received 11 Feb 201983 St Helens Park Road, Hastings, TN34 2JW
Received 11 Feb 201917-18 High Street, Hastings, TN34 3EY
Received 11 Feb 2019Discovery Playground, Old Town Hall, High Street, Hastings, TN34 3EW
Received 11 Feb 2019Restaurant and Premises, 1-2 Western Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 6DG
Received 13 Feb 201914 Grand Parade, St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 6DN
Received 11 Feb 2019Land at Church Street, Hastings
Received 11 Feb 2019146-147 Queens Road, Hastings, TN34 1RP
Received 12 Feb 2019The Hastings Centre, The Ridge, Hastings, TN34 2SA
Received 12 Feb 201985-86 Castleham Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 9NT
Received 14 Feb 201963 Mount Road, Hastings, TN35 5LA
Received 13 Feb 201996 Collinswood Drive, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 0NX
Received 13 Feb 20194 Bellingham Close, St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 7QH
Received 12 Feb 2019Proposed Catering Unit, Upper Promenade, Marina, St Leonards-on-sea
Received 13 Feb 2019The Coach House, 3 Silverhill Avenue, St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 7HG
Received 12 Feb 201939 Ochiltree Road, Hastings, TN34 2AJ
Received 15 Feb 2019Land Rear of, 403 Battle Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 7BE
Received 14 Feb 2019Grove House, Grove Road, Hastings, TN35 4JS
Received 15 Feb 2019Flat 11, Gordon Mansions, 36 Charles Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 0QQ
Received 18 Feb 201912 Athelstan Road, Hastings, TN35 5JB
Received 19 Feb 2019Records are ordered by application ID, not submission date. Use search to find a particular address or proposal.
View all applicationsStart with the address or application reference. Open a record to read the proposal, dates and available documents, then check the official register for the latest plans and consultation details. If nothing appears, check coverage before treating the result as a complete planning history.
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These figures describe applications collected by PlanningTrack for Hastings Borough Council, across all dates currently available. They are a partial dataset, rather than an authority-wide performance measure. The date range does not establish continuous historical coverage.
The approval percentage is approved records divided by approved plus refused records. Pending, withdrawn and unknown outcomes are excluded. No percentage is shown until there is an approved or refused record.
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